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Category Archives: Civil Rights Law
Koontz v. St. John’s River Water Management
The Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution protects individuals against private property from being taken without just compensation. This typically occurs with real property. Although controversial, it has been deemed constitutional for...
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Racial Discrimination in Interstate and Intrastate Transportation Facilities
Historically, African-Americans have been subjected to racial discrimination throughout society. One of the more problematic areas of racial discrimination involves African-Americans traveling throughout the United States in various interstate and...
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Racial Discrimination in the Sale and Rental of Property
Historically, African-Americans have been subjected to racial discrimination throughout society. One of the more problematic areas of racial discrimination involved the sale and rental of property. Historically, White Americans refused to either...
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was an important piece of legislation that was enacted to outlaw discriminatory voting practices that some Southern states allowed after the end of the Reconstruction Era. These States wrote new legislation that were...
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Historical Attempt to Criminalize Interracial Marriages
The federal laws of United States of America do not prohibit interracial marriages. Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees freedom of life and property as well as equal protection of laws to the citizens....
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Right to Assistance of Legal Counsel
It is a constitutional right of every accused person to have a fair criminal trial of accusations filed against him. Many accused persons are convicted due to lack of a fair trial. An individual has a right to be represented by counsel of his or...
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